I edit wikipedia

[luigihann]

I just created a subsection on Wikipedia's page about the Virtual Console. The "Criticism" section already existed, but I made the "Differences from Original Games" part, mostly to make note of the lack of rumble features.

So yeah. I'm a nerd.

I just can't believe Nintendo has the balls to release Star Fox 64, the game that came with the Rumble Pak

Comments

[josephmcklay]

Guess I'm going to have to take the position on this that you usually take, Max.

Nintendo loves money. Nintendo hates spending effort.

You know it's true. I'm not surprised in the least that this game, like any other N64 game on the system, doesn't have a rumble feature.

1. Changing the emulator might be difficult or time consuming.
2. Rumble is a gimmick. Admit it. It was especially a gimmick for StarFox, which was hyped for the rumble pak. The rumble feature adds less for StarFox than it does for, say, Ocarina of Time, which used rumble features to indicate clues, etc. In StarFox, it just vibrates when you get hit and whatnot.
3. My guess is that if they wanted to, they could add the rumble feature in the future. Heck, maybe they will.

All in all, I'm more annoyed at the fact that the Virtual Console makes you spend 5 bucks on even the crummiest of NES games. And 6 dollars for TMNT? What the hell?

[luigihann]

Yeah, I never had a rumble pak or a controller pak for the n64, so the games play exactly the same as they always have for me, and I don't really care.
I also wasn't surprised by the lack of rumble in Star Fox, in fact, I was more surprised by the lack of bloggers complaining about it. So I figured I might as well fill that niche for today.
And yeah, that 6 dollars for TMNT is perplexing, especially considering that X-box live has the TMNT arcade game, which is both more advanced and way better, for only 5 dollars.
My best guess is that Nintendo either upped the price to discourage unsuspecting fools from buying the game, or just to punish the idiots that buy it anyway. Heh.